Zhejiang Normal University and Zhejiang Chinese Medical University jointly establish the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at the University of Western Cape

On September 11, 2019, the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine (CICM) was launched at the University of Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, South Africa. The CICM was jointly established by the University of Western Cape, Zhejiang Normal University, and Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. The agreement finalizing the establishment of the institute was signed in 2018 during UWC's vice-chancellor Professor Tyrone Pretorius's visit to China. As reported by Xinhua News, the CICM integrates traditional and modern Chinese medicine science with Chinese language teaching, which will open a new window for South Africans to understand Chinese culture and build a new bridge for cooperation between China and Africa in the field of traditional medicine.

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